ORCHOTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does orchotomy mean? 

• ORCHOTOMY (noun)
  The noun ORCHOTOMY has 1 sense:

1. surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count)

  Familiarity information: ORCHOTOMY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORCHOTOMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("orchotomy" is a kind of...):

incision; section; surgical incision (the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation))